Are the fossil data really at odds with the molecular data? Morphological evidence for cetartiodactyla phylogeny reexamined

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 444-453

  Naylor, Gavin J P ^a   Adams, Dean C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH;

EID: 0035527376     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351501300318030     Document Type: Review

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